Inflatable member having elastic expansion with limited range

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A61M 25/10 (2006.01) A61L 29/04 (2006.01) A61M 25/00 (2006.01) A61M 29/02 (2006.01) B29C 71/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2078032

An intravascular catheter such as an angioplasty catheter having a catheter shaft with an expandable tubular element on its distal end which upon inflation to an internal pressure at or above a threshold pressure expands in a manner which is related to the internal pressure. The maximum transverse dimension of the expandable tubular element is generally not greater than the maximum transverse dimension of the catheter shaft. Preferably, the expandable tubular element is formed of a heat shrinkable polymeric material such as a polyolefinic ionomer.

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